endear

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make (something) more precious or valuable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.
3. verb To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.
4. verb To make (someone) dear or precious.

   By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.

Similar words

adorable lovable lovely ingratiate bedear adore adorn ornate honest enrich

Often followed by

him the himself them her it themselves you to me

Word family

endeared endearing endearingly endears